Figure toy.



G. H. CLARK.

FIGURE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 190e.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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UNITED stri/tirasA rirENr oFFIoE.

einem H. CLARK, or noemen, ILLINOIS.

FIGURE TOY.

' Toys, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to figure toys, more particularly to dolls, and itsprimary objectl is the provision of a doll to which a child may feedwater, tea or other liquid during` la p nl] further object of myinvention is the provision of adoll whose mouth will anto= maticallyclose afterit has been fed a cer-- tain amount-of water.

f A further object of my invention is the provision of a doll whosethroat and cheeks. will during the closing of the mouth simu,- late thehuman throat and cheek movements which are incident to swallowino.

A still further object of my Invention is the provision of a doll ofth-e above stated character which is simple, durable and eiii cient, andwhich may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in View',

the invention consists in the: construction,I

combination and arran ement' of parts here! inafter fully describeclaimed 'and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1'- is a sectional view taken on a plane extending centrally andlongitudinally through. the body and a portion of the head of a dollconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the doll, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on a plane extendingcentrally and longitudinall throughportions of the body and head of t edoll at right angles to the plane in which Fig.- 1 i-staken.

Referring to the drawing byv reference numerals, 1 designates the bodyof the dol-l which is hollow and rigid, and which has its upper endprovided with an opening 2 and its lower end with an opening 3. The bodyis formed to provide an undercut annular flange 4 about the opening 3,which is adapt'- cd to be normally closed by means of a valve 5 securedto a lever 6 pivotally mounted upon the body 1. The lever is held inposi t-ion to ret-ain the valve normally seated by means of a leafspring 7 which is secured to the body 1. A- reservoir 8 is locatedwithin Specification o Letters Patent.

Application filed April 24, 190B.

serial No. 429,079.

the body 1 and is preferably constructed of rubber. The upper or inletend of the reservoir' 8 is secured to the inner wall of the opening ofthe body 1, while the lower or i discharge end thereof is secured to theflange 4, the contents of the reservoir being adapted to pass throughthe opening 3 when the valve 5 has been lifted from its seat. The upperor inlet end of the reservoir 8 Vis closed by an inverted cone-shapedmember 9, said closure or member being provided at its apex with atubular extension 10.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

The head 11 of the doll is secured to the u body 1 in any suitablemanner, and the cheeks, chin and throat 12 thereof are construct-ed ofrubber or any other flexible material suitable for the purpose. Inpractice, the cheeks, chin and throat 12 will be so secured to the otherportions of the head of the doll and of-such color as not to leave anyline of demarcation. The rubber forming the parts 12 is suitablythickened and colored to form the lower lip 13. A U-shaped frame 14 ispivotally mounted at its ends Within the head of the doll, andis'secured to the lower lip 13. The frame 14 carries the lower set ofteeth 15 and is adapted to be manipulated to open and close the mouth ofthe doll. The frame 14 is manipulated to open the mouth of the dollthrough the medium of a push pin 16 which is slidably mounted in anopening 17 formedI in onel shoulder of the doll. The outer end of thepin 16' is formed with an enlarged head 18. and mounted upon the pinwithin the body of the doll is a contractile spring 19, said spring'abutting at one end against the inner surface of the body of the dolland its other end against the enlarged perforated end 20 of the pin. Acord or other flexible member 21 is secured at one end to theI frame 14and at its other end in the perforation of the end 20 of the pin 16. Themember 21 passes under apulley 22 secured within the body of the doll.The connection between the pin 16 and the frame 14 is such that when thepin `is moved inwardly,

themouth of the doll will open, the pin being returned to its normalposition by the spring 19. The location of the pin in the shoulder ofthe' doll adapts it to be readily engaged for manipulation.

A- recep'tacle 23 is secured atits upper end to the frame 14 and isadapted to receive the liquid fed to the doll. The receptacle terminatesin a reduced discharge'nozzle 24 which is located within the upper lopenend of the reservoir 8. One Wall of lupper set of teeth 26 may besecured to the member 25 or to the head of the doll. An arm 27 issecured tothe frame 14 and to the discharge nozzle 24, as fullydisclosed 1n Fig. 3 of the drawing. When the frame 14 is moved to openthe mouth of the doll, the arm 27 clamps the discharge nozzle 24 betweenitself and a block 28 to close the nozzle. The member 14 has suchfrictional engagement with its journals 29 that the Jaw will normallyremain in its opened or closed positions, as will be readily understood.As the discharge nozzle is closed when the mouth is opened, the liquidfed to the doll, that is, the liquid poured into the receptacle 23 willbe retained in the receptacle. When the weight of the liquid in thereceptacle is great enough to overcome the fr ictional engagement of theframe 14 with its ]ournals 29, it will pass through the discharge nozzle26, thereby forcing the arm 27 1n the direction to close the mouth ofthe doll. During the closing of the mouth of the doll, its throat andcheeks will simulate those movements of the human throat and cheeksincident to swallowing, as they are formed of fiexible material. Theliquid passing from the receptacle 23 will enter the member 9 throughthe extension 10 and will pass from the member into `Jthe reservoir 8.Vhen it is desired to discharge the liquid from the reservoir 8, thevalve 5 is opened by pressure applied to the lever 6. Under normalconditions the tubular extension. 10 is collapsed thereby cutting oicommunication between the member 9 and the reservoir. The weight of theliquid in the member 9 moves the walls apart and permits liquid to passinto the reservoir. As the extension 1() is collapsed under normalconditions, liquid cannot escape from the reservoir on the reversal ofthe doll.

A rod 30 is pivotally mounted in the head of the dollv and is providedwith an extension 31 adapted to be moved into engagement with a shoulder32 formed on the frame 14 to secure the mouth of the doll againstopening. Operating heads 38 are formed on the ends of the rod 30, andare preferably located in the ears of the doll.

It should be apparent from the above description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, that l provide a doll from which a childmay derive considerable pleasure, as it may feed liquid to the sameduring play; that the doll is simple, durable and etlicient; and that itcan be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what l claim is:

1. A doll including a movable jaw, a reservoir arranged forcommunication with the mouth of the doll, and means operable by themovement of the jaw in one direction to cut ott communication betweenthe reservoir and the mouth ofthe doll.

2. A doll including a movable jaw, a reservoir arranged forcommunication Withthe mouth of the doll, and means operable by themovement of the jaw in one direction to cut oit' communication betweenthe reservoir and mouth of the doll, said means being adapted to beoperated by the movement of the jaw in the reverse direction toestablish communication between the mouth of the doll and the reservoir.v

23. A doll including a movable jaw, a reservoir, a receptaclecommunicating. with the mouth of the doll and discharving into thereservoir, and means operable by the movement of the jaw in onedirection to close the discharge end of the receptacle, said means beingadapted to be operated'by the movement of t e jaw in the reversedirection to open the discharge end of the receptacle.

4. AA doll including a movable jaw, a reservoir, a receptaclecommunicating with the mouth of the doll and discharging into thereservoir, and means connected to the jaw and to the receptacle, saidmeans closing the discharge end of the receptacle whena the jaw is openandadapted to be operated by an accumulation of liquid in the receptacleto close the jaw and open the discharge end of the receptacle. i

5. A doll including a movable jaw, a reservoir arranged forcommunicationwith the mouth of the doll, means operable by the asi v movement of thejaw in one direction to cut oft' communication between the reservoir and105 the mouth of the doll, and means by which the jaw may be o ened.

6.1A doll including a movable jaw, a res- Vervoir arranged forcommunication with the mouth of the doll, means o erable by the movementofthe jaw in one irection to cut off communicationbetween the reservoirand the mouth of thedoll, means by which the ]aw may be opened, andmeans by which the jaw may be locked yagainst opening.

7. A doll including a mouth, a hollow body provided with an o ening, areservoir arranged Within the b y and having an outlet openingregistering with the opening in the body, a valve controlling the outletopening of the reservoir, and a receptacle communicating with the mouthof the doll Y and discharging into the reservoir.

8. A doll including a movable jaw, a hollow body provided with anopening, a reser- 126 voir arranged within the body and having an outletopening registering with the opening in the body, a valve controllingthe outlet of the reservoir, areceptacle communieating with the mouth ofthe doll and dis-y 130 an outlet opening registering with the opening inthe body, a valve controlling the ontlet of the reservoir, a receptaclecommunirating with Vthe mouth of the doll and discharging into thereservoir, means operable on the opening of the mouth of the doll toclose the discharge end of the receptacle,

and means by which the mouth of the dolll can be opened. l

l0. A doll including a movable jaw, a hollow body provided with anopening, a reservoir arranged Within the body and having an outletopening registering with the opening in the body, a valve controllingthe outlet of the reservoir, a receptacle communieating with the mouthof the doll and discharging into the reservoir, means operable on theopening of the mouth of the doll to close the discharge end of thereceptacle, means by which the mouth of the doll can be opened,. andmeans by which the mouth of the doll can be locked against movement.

11. A doll including a movable lower jaw and havin()r its cheeks, chinand throat formed of flexible material, a portion of said material beingformed to provide the lower lip of the doll.

12. A doll including a mouth, a reservoir, a closure for one end of thereservoir, said closure discharging into the reservoir, and a receptaclecommunicatin with the mouth of the doll and discharging into the saidclosure.

13. A doll including a mouth, a movable jaw, a reservoir, a closure forone end of the reservoir, said closure discharging into the reservoir, areceptacle communicating with the mouth of the doll and. discharginginto said closure, and means operable on the opening of the mouth of thedoll to c-losethe discharge end of the receptacle.

14. A doll including 'a head having its cheeks and chin and throatconstructed of fiexible material, the iiexible material being formed toprovide the lower lip, and a frame pivot-ally mounted in the head of thedoll, the lower lip being secured to the frame.

15. A doll including a head having its cheeks and chin and throat formedof flexible material, the material being formed to provide the lowerlip, a frame pivotally mounted in the head, the lower lip being securedto the frame, a lower set of teeth secured to the frame, and an upperset of teeth secured to the head.

16. A doll including a head having a movable lower jaw, and a rodpivotally mounted in the head Iand rovided with an extension, said rodbeing a apted to be moved to throw the extension into engagement withthe lower aw. J In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

CHESTER H. CLARK.

W'itnesses:

EARLE J. PoLLooK, WM. FORWARD.

